Love Left Me Bruised

[Verse]
Heart is a punching bag of stone
Hit after hit yet I’ll never moan
Loving you is a fight I always lose
Still I wear these worn-out I'm-loving-you shoes
[Verse 2]
You look away like I’m a ghost
But I stay hoping for what I need the most
Your laugh’s my medicine but you ain’t my cure
Some wounds don’t heal they cut raw and obscure
[Chorus]
Have you ever loved and felt the burn
When the flame don’t flicker or return
You’re the sun and I’m the frozen earth
Waiting for love but questioning my own worth
[Bridge]
I ball up when the nights get dark
In your shadow just craving a spark
Thought pain had a limit but it’s going high
Feels like I’m drowning in a desert dry
[Verse 3]
Every promise breaks like old glass
But I keep chasing you till I’m last
My heart’s a tenant you don’t let stay
Still I hold my breath hoping you’ll say
[Chorus]
Have you ever loved and felt the burn
When the flame don’t flicker or return
You’re the sun and I’m the frozen earth
Waiting for love but questioning my own worth

male vocals, soulful, slow ballad